408 stroker cam recommendations

The Shoe said

I just installed a Lunati in a 408 with edelbrock heads to replace the thumper cam that was killing it. It had no vacuum (6 inches) and had to run with 3 1/2 turns of curb idle just to stay running, and forget about idling in gear. If you arent getting crazy with compression (over 10.5) then you could run this cam with either iron heads or edelbrock. It made over 14 inches of vacuum, even with a six pack setup on the 408.
Voodoo Hydraulic Flat Tappet Cam - Chrysler 273-360 268/276 - Lunati Power

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That cam is so close to what he already has with the xe268h, why have the kid spend extra cash on a whole new camshaft? For an 18 yr old kid, I'd just use what he's got- stock heads, 650 dp, xe268h cam. Keep compression in the low-mid 9's and that thing will roast the tires at will.

This reminds me of when I was a sr. in high school 18 yrs ago. My dad and I built a similar 408 with stock 360 heads that I had gasket matched by hand with a rat tail file, a 1850 holley, stock converter, etc. The thing was completely mismatched with random parts I already had, could get for free, or close to it. Still ran 12.70's with that *****. And for an 18 yr old kid, you couldn't knock the smile off my face if you tried.